New East Prussia

Province of New East Prussia Provinz Neuostpreußen
Province of Kingdom of Prussia
1795–1807
New East Prussia in 1806
Capital	Białystok[1]
Area
• 1806	55,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1806	914610
History
• Third Partition	October 24 1795
• Treaty of Tilsit	July 9 1807
Political subdivisions	Bialystok Plozk
Preceded by Succeeded by Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795) Podlaskie Voivodeship (1513–1795) Trakai Voivodeship Duchy of Warsaw Russian Empire

New East Prussia (German: Neuostpreußen; Polish: Prusy Nowowschodnie; Lithuanian: Naujieji Rytprūsiai) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1795 to 1807. It was created out of territory annexed in the Third Partition of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and included parts of Masovia, Podlaskie, Trakai voivodeship and Žemaitija. In 1806 it had 914,610 inhabitants with a territory of less than 55,000 km², mainly Poles, Lithuanians, Jews and Belarusians.

Geography[]

New East Prussia encompassed territory between East Prussia and the Vistula, Bug River, and Neman rivers.

1807 Treaties of Tilsit[]

Following Napoleon Bonaparte's victory in the War of the Fourth Coalition and the Greater Poland Uprising of 1806 the Province of New East Prussia was ceded according to the 1807 Treaties of Tilsit:

• The Płock Department became part of the Duchy of Warsaw, a French client state
• The Białystok Department which was ceded to the Russian Empire

Administrative divisions[]

New East Prussia (Neuostpreußen) and the Departments of Płozk and Bialystok, 1801–1807

New East Prussia was divided into the Kammerdepartements Bialystok and Płock which were divided into the following counties (Kreise):

• Białystok Department
  • Bialystok
  • Bielsk
  • Dombrowa
  • Drohiczyn
  • Kalwary
  • Lomza
  • Mariampol
  • Surasz
  • Wygry
• Płock Department
  • Lipno
  • Mlawa
  • Ostrolenka
  • Plozk
  • Przasnik
  • Pultusk
  • Wyszogrod

References[]

External links[]

• FAQ for Posen, South Prussia, and New East Prussia